Community Education Programs

Julie Eckenrode February 20, 2009 Community Education Programs Our Communities outside of school are not always so great. There is pollution in our cities, gangs and violence in our neighborhoods, homelessness, and other financial problems everywhere. It is always important to want to keep your neighborhoods, communities, and cities clean and safe. Many organizations like the NCEA (National Community Education Association) and the Community Education Program that is situated in Continuing Studies at Simon Fraser University’s Vancouver Campus, provide leadership to those who build learning communities in response to individual and community needs. These organizations help try and save our communities and our lives outside the classroom. To get involved in these types of programs you can search for one through your school itself or there are a variety of others. The students right out of school, or on the streets is suffering from violence, drugs and crime on the streets today. Also our community itself is dirty and not healthy and in community education programs they try and help those who are outside of school and maybe on the streets get off the streets and help save their community. All these organizations need to do is somehow find these people, inform them of the issues, and get them involved. The community identifies the work that is grounded in community-based projects, and in which community members play active roles in decision-making, implementation and evaluation. All projects provide opportunities for participants to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to carry out their community work. Some types of involvement that may be persisted could be cleaning our streams, rivers, and water banks; or planting trees; or working at a soup kitchen; or even just participating in a walk or fundraiser. The goals for community education programs are to make

Julie Eckenrode February 20, 2009 the world a better place and spread information, peace, and hope to all. Sources: Communities and Universities - Partners in Education. Welcome to the Community Education Program. Dec 2008. Feb 2009 http://www.sfu.ca/cstudies/community/index.htm The National Community Education Association. Organizations. Feb 2009 http://www.nichcy.org/organizations/Pages/Default.aspx? OrganizationID=1868